Temporary Disability

Santa Maria Temporary Disability Attorney

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If you have been injured in a work-related accident, you could be entitled
to temporary disability payments. These benefits are designed to lessen
the financial blow received while recovering from an injury on the job,
or provide you with a temporary source of income while your exact condition
is evaluated by medical professionals.

There are two types of temporary disability payments. Temporary Partial
Disability Benefits compensate you appropriately for the inability to
perform some of your job's essential duties while you are recovering.
Temporary Total Disability Benefits compensate you appropriately for the
inability to perform any of your job's essential duties at all while
you are recovering.

Your condition based on the evaluation and opinion of a doctor or medical
examiner will determine what type of benefits you receive and how long
you receive them for. Once you are cleared to return to work in full capacity,
your temporary disability benefits will end. If your injuries are severe
and your condition is not expeted to improve, you are entitled to receive
permanent disability benefits.

If you receive workers' compensation wage replacement benefits, you
are entiteld to receive income replacement equal to that which you would
have received if you were not injured, up to a legally mandated maximum
of $1,074.64 per week.

Income replacement inclues all of these types of income:

Wages

Value of any food benefits

Value of any lodging benefits

Tips

Commissions

Overtime

Bonuses

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If your employer’s insurance company disagrees with your doctor’s
medical evaluation, they can ask for a second qualified medical evaluator
to provide their opinion. Often times this evaluator is one of their choosing,
and may not provide an accurate or adequate evaluation of your condition
or ability to perform your job's essential functions. With knowledgable
legal representation on your side, you can be seen by an agreed upon medical
examiner instead, and can even face any supplemental legal proceedings
with confidence, including a hearing before the California Workers’
Compensation Board.

At Berry, Smith & Bartell, a Professional Law Corporation, our experienced
Santa Maria worker's compensation attorney can put the law on your
side and get you the full extent of the benfits you are legally entitled
to by your condition. With over 130 years of combined legal experience,
we are proud to offer the strong legal counsel you need.

Let us help you you with your case today; contact us for a free evaluation
by calling (805) 624-4000.

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Making a false or fraudulent workers' compensation claim is a felony subject
to up to 5 years in prison or a fine of up to $50,000 or double the value
of the fraud, whichever is greater, or by both imprisonment and fine.